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For today's edition of our upgrade list, we used our website's advanced screening functions to search for UPGRADES to BUY or STRONG BUY with complete forecast and valuation data. They are presented by one-month forecast return. Francesca's Holdings Corporation (FRAN) is our top-rated upgrade this week.

Below is today's data on Francesca's Holdings Corporation (FRAN):

Francesca's Holdings Corporation is a specialty retailer of women's apparel products. The Company operates a chain of retail boutiques in the United States. It offers apparel, jewelry, accessories, and gifts to female customers. The company also sells its products through e-commerce Website, francescascollections.com. Francesca's Holdings Corporation is headquartered in Houston, Texas.

VALUENGINE RECOMMENDATION: ValuEngine updated its recommendation from BUY to STRONG BUY for Francesca's Holdings Corporation on 2016-09-09. Based on the information we have gathered and our resulting research, we feel that Francesca's Holdings Corporation has the probability to OUTPERFORM average market performance for the next year. The company exhibits ATTRACTIVE Momentum and P/E Ratio.

Valuation & Rankings
Valuation	24.68% undervalued	Valuation Rank(?)	83
1-M Forecast Return	1.20%	1-M Forecast Return Rank	99
12-M Return	32.78%	Momentum Rank(?)	84
Sharpe Ratio	-0.20	Sharpe Ratio Rank(?)	36
5-Y Avg Annual Return	-10.37%	5-Y Avg Annual Rtn Rank	33
Volatility	50.92%	Volatility Rank(?)	36
Expected EPS Growth	2.73%	EPS Growth Rank(?)	27
Market Cap (billions)	0.65	Size Rank	60
Trailing P/E Ratio	15.63	Trailing P/E Rank(?)	74
Forward P/E Ratio	15.22	Forward P/E Ratio Rank	54
PEG Ratio	5.73	PEG Ratio Rank	6
Price/Sales	1.43	Price/Sales Rank(?)	56
Market/Book	5.49	Market/Book Rank(?)	23
Beta	1.22	Beta Rank	32
Alpha	0.08	Alpha Rank	73

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